joblessness

English

Etymology

From jobless +‎ -ness.

Noun

joblessness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being jobless or unemployed.
  2. The phenomenon or level of unemployment in an economy.
    • 2009 July 11, Bob Herbert, “The Human Equation”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      Even if it were working perfectly, the stimulus would not come close to stemming the cascade of joblessness unleashed by this megarecession.

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